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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Turnera diffusa (Turneraceae)

Common Names
Damiana
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
COBALT 2 Leaf 3.0 12.9 -0.22 *
DAMIANIN 0 Leaf 70000.0 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
EO 0 Leaf 2100.0 10000.0 -0.14 *
FAT 0 Leaf 9450.0 45000.0 -0.23 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 109000.0 -0.65 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf 109000.0 -0.48 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 330000.0 -0.54 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GONZALITOSIN 0 Shoot 16.0 *
GONZALITOSIN-I 0 Branches Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GUM 0 Branches 135000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GUM 0 Leaf 31500.0 150000.0 1.11 *
HEXACOSAN-1-OL 0 Shoot 80.0 *
HEXACOSANOL-1 0 Branches Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
IRON 6 Leaf 19.0 88.0 -0.70 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 428.0 2040.0 -0.81 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.1 5.4 -0.45 *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Shoot 130.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Thymoprotective 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 (View) Tohda, H., Zhao, J. H., Oikawa, A. 1992. A Possible Involvement of DNA Topoisomerase I in 'Caffeine Effect' After Ultraviolet Irradiation. Tohoku J Exp Med, 168: 129-132.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 (View) Shin, C. G., Strayer, J. M., Wani, M., Snapka, R. M. 1990. Rapid Evaluation of Topoisomerase Inhibitors: Caffeine Inhibition of Topoisomerases in vivo. Teratogen Carcinogen Mutagen, 10: 41-52.
Tracheorelaxant 1 (View) *
Tranquilizer 3 (View) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 3 (View) *
Trichomonicide 4 (View) Martindale's 29th
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Ubiquiot 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 (View) *
Uricosuric 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterorelaxant 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide 1 (View) *
Vasodilator 7 (View) Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Vermicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vulnerary 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *